Below are the initiatives that have appeared in the spotlight section on the homepage. Read on...

	Large pockets of under-served rural populations in India live amidst poverty and malnutrition. The lack of access to healthcare has exacerbated the situation, leading to morbidity, mortality and indebtedness. During 2006-07, as part of the overall Strategic Plan 2011 exercise, the Trust made efforts towards evolving a plan to guide funding activities across the Health portfolio over a five-year period. To know what the Trust is currently doing to plug the gaps in the Indian health care system, click here
	Identified by a unique topography, steep slopes, varying elevations and niche climatic conditions, the Central Himalayan region is unique. Every aspect of rural life is labour intensive on the steep slopes, while basic needs like water and sanitation often remain largely unattended. It was to address such issues of water, sanitation and livelihoods in this region that the Himmothan Pariyojana was initiated here in 2000, in the state of Uttarakhand and now expands to Himachal Pradesh. To know about Trust's Himmothan Pariyojana initiative, click here
	Studies reveal that about 80 per cent of the rural poor do not have access to formal financial services. In this context, Microfinance has emerged as a widely recognised tool to bring the underprivileged into the mainstream financial sector. To know about the Trust's Microfinance initiative, click here
	The North East Initiative was launched by the Trust in 2008 for enhancement of livelihood opportunities through improved agriculture and sustainable use of natural resources, and dissemination of knowledge and expertise on a range of issues facing the northeast of the country
	The centrality of both community based organisations and non-profit organisations in its own grant making have encouraged the Trust to see the Civil Society and Governance theme as a cross-cutting portfolio that builds on priorities of other themes and embeds new initiatives into them
	The Arts and Culture programme aims to strategically support institutional revitalisation of the arts in India and support conservation of India’s cultural legacy through its initiatives